This coalition is working on
a campaign to reduce
underage drinking. Join the hundreds of people who have signed the SpeakUP!
Prevent Underage Drinking petition --
put your name on the list
today! Email: stacylead@aol.com
Madeline Levine, author of The Price of
Privilege is a
guest speaker on Wednesday,
April 2, 2008 at 7:00 pm at
Loyola Academy, East Gym,
1100 Laramie, Wilmette.
Contact Selina
McGuire at smcguire@loy.org or
847-920-2512.
LEAD ™, Linking Efforts Against Drugs, is a
community organization dedicated to parents and other adults and their
role in the promotion of healthy family relationships and the
prevention of alcohol and other drug use and risky behavior by youth.
LEAD, a United Way agency, serves Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Knollwood,
and the surrounding communities.
We need
your help!
Issues Affecting Our Youth
Take a brief, confidential survey
for parents on issues affecting our youth. Parents of children of
all ages are welcome to take the survey! Get
your friends to take the survey, too!
You will be directed to the Zoomerang
survey courtesy of Smith Marketing Research.
5
sessions (Tuesdays) April 15, 22, 29, May 6 and 13, 2008 Love
& Logic For Elementary School Children
This five-week program will help shape thoughtful, caring and
responsible children. Participants will receive practical, easy-to-use
techniques that they can put to work immediately. The Love & Logic
program allows children to grow through their mistakes and to live with
the consequences of their choices. Parents will study shared control,
shared thinking and decision making, consequences, and ways to maintain
children’s self-confidence. Taught by Lynn
Weitz, District 65 School Counselor, and Jan Perlis-Glassman, District 65
Social Worker. For
parents of children in
grades K-5
Please call Lynn
Weitz at (847) 234-9403 or Jan Perlis-Glassman at (847) 234-9405 to
register.
9:00-10:30 am Lake Bluff District
65 East Elementary School 121 E. Sheridan
Place, Lake Bluff $15.00 per person
(charge covers materials costs)
This Love &
Logic Parent presentation has been generously
underwritten by Lake Bluff School District 65.
Monday, May 5, 2008 Keeping Your Family Grounded
and
Connected in a Privileged World
The issues facing families in high income areas can be difficult. In
this fun and interactive workshop, Parenting Perspectives will
provide practical and easy-to-implement tips and creative approaches to
help parents navigate through some of the toughest challenges of
parenting in today’s privileged world. You will learn how to encourage
your child to construct healthy “inner” homes. Free. For parents of
children in grades K-8
9:45 - 11:30 am Gorton
Community Center, 1861 Room
What's my teenager doing with a pacifier? It's
the time of year for
fun, gifts and toys. But pacifiers? Pacifiers are just one of the
"toys" used to stop club drug users from clenching their teeth - a
common side-effect of Ecstasy. Keep an eye out for these and other drug
paraphernalia. Make sure your child doesn't get more than he or she
bargained for this holiday. -- see LEAD's Club Drug site.
For more information regarding LEAD
programs contact Karen Cunningham,
Program Director, LEAD, at 847-295-9075, LEAD9075@aol.com.
Check ourResources
Page for notes from our
previous meetings.